Msgr. Andre Massinganda, deputy secretary-general of the Congolese bishops' conference, told Catholic News Service that the church was concerned with "how to bring peace to those areas where war continues, and how to end the killings and massacres so people can live safely again."

More painful, though not treated in the exhibition, is the current situation of Sudan, which only became independent from British colonial rule in 1956.

How does theology bear witness, speak to what remains, finally, unspeakable?

The aid reached families in Berdale, a small town center of 50,000 people, including 6,000 people displaced from their homes.

"We also urge the national, regional and international authorities to be more active in safeguarding our peace, national unity and territorial integrity."

“Consumerism is a virus that attacks the faith at its roots, because it makes you believe that life depends only on what you have, and so you forget God," the pope said.